Hornaday was sent to the rear of the field after the incident — the race was heading into a green-white-checkered finish — but more penalties were issued Wednesday because of the serious nature of the incident.

The 54-year-old Hornaday said he only meant to rub Wallace’s car to demonstrate his displeasure over the way Wallace had raced him. Instead, Hornaday hooked the corner of the rookie driver’s truck, sending the Kyle Busch Motorsports vehicle hard into the wall and ending Wallace’s day.

“I didn’t know the yellow was out and I got down in there and started racing on the back straightaway and he slowed up and then I run into him a little bit,” said Hornaday, who has 51 career wins and 200 consecutive starts in the series.

“I went over to the other side (of him) and I don’t know if he hit his brakes on me or whatever, but I turned him in the fence and I feel like a total idiot.”

Hornaday finished 15th in the race.

The incident was somewhat similar to one in which Hornaday was on the receiving end. Kyle Busch turned Hornaday into the Texas Motor Speedway wall under caution in November 2011. Busch was suspended for the rest of the Texas weekend, missing both the Nationwide and Cup races.